
Tristan Gooley is the New York Times–bestselling author of The Hidden Seasons, How to Read a Tree, How to Read Water, How to Read Nature, The Natural Navigator, The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs, The Secret World of Weather, and The Nature Instinct. He has led expeditions on five continents, climbed mountains in three, and is the only living person to have both flown and sailed solo across the Atlantic. His more than two decades of pioneering outdoor experience include research among tribal peoples in some of the remotest regions on Earth. He is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation and the Royal Geographical Society, a vice-chairman of Trailfinders, and he runs the world’s only school of natural navigation.

by Tristan Gooley
When writer and navigator Tristan Gooley journeys outside, he sees a natural world filled with clues. The roots of a tree indicate the sun’s direction; the Big Dipper tells the time; a passing butterfly hints at the weather; a sand … Continue reading →

by Tristan Gooley
From oceans to puddles, lakes to streams, rain to fog, our planet is covered in water of all kinds. And once you learn to read water’s hidden clues the way writer and navigator Tristan Gooley can, the world becomes a … Continue reading →

by Tristan Gooley
When most of us go for a walk, a single sense—sight—tends to dominate our experience. But when New York Times–bestselling author and expert navigator Tristan Gooley goes for a walk, he uses all five senses to “read” everything nature has … Continue reading →

by Tristan Gooley
Readers of master outdoorsman Tristan Gooley have learned that the world is filled with clues to look for—we can use the Big Dipper to tell time, for example, and a budding flower to find south. But what about the innate … Continue reading →

by Tristan Gooley
Readers of master outdoorsman Tristan Gooley have learned that the world is filled with clues to look for—we can use the Big Dipper to tell time, for example, and a budding flower to find south. But what about the innate … Continue reading →

by Tristan Gooley
Before GPS, before the compass, and even before cartography, we found our way by outdoor clues hiding in plain sight. A windswept tree, the depth of a puddle, or a trill of birdsong could point the way home, and they … Continue reading →

by Tristan Gooley
Clocks, compasses, GPS, and Google can only get us so far. In this special collection, lifelong wanderer and New York Times–bestselling author Tristian Gooley walks us through, book-by-book, the near-forgotten art of examining nature’s signs and patterns. Gooley begins to … Continue reading →

by Tristan Gooley
In this eye-opening trove of outdoor clues, bestselling author and navigator Tristan Gooley shows us how, by “reading” nature as he does, you’ll not only detect what the weather is doing (and predict what’s coming), you’ll enter a secret wonderland … Continue reading →

by Tristan Gooley
Trees tell a story, but only to those who know how to read it. They hold secrets about the land, the water, the people, the animals, the weather, time—and their own lives, the good and bad. In How to Read … Continue reading →

by Tristan Gooley
We all notice the flowers of spring, longer days of summer, colors of autumn, and snowfalls of winter. But have you observed the way that water tends to run clearest in June? Did you know that at the stroke of … Continue reading →

by Tristan Gooley
When most of us go for a walk, a single sense—sight—tends to dominate our experience. But when New York Times–bestselling author and expert navigator Tristan Gooley goes for a walk, he uses all five senses to “read” everything nature has … Continue reading →

by Tristan Gooley
From oceans to puddles, lakes to streams, rain to fog, our planet is covered in water of all kinds. And once you learn to read water’s hidden clues the way writer and navigator Tristan Gooley can, the world becomes a … Continue reading →

by Tristan Gooley
Before GPS, before the compass, and even before cartography, we found our way by outdoor clues hiding in plain sight. A windswept tree, the depth of a puddle, or a trill of birdsong could point the way home, and they … Continue reading →

by Tristan Gooley
Trees tell a story, but only to those who know how to read it. They hold secrets about the land, the water, the people, the animals, the weather, time—and their own lives, the good and bad. In How to Read … Continue reading →

